Lesson Plan
Date: Undated
Class Level: Standard one
No. of students: 8 Boys: 3 Girls: 5
Age Range: 6-8
Exceptionalities: 2 gifted, 1 EBD and 5 LD
Length of Lesson: 20 – 30 minutes
Subject: Science
Concept/Topic: Living Things
Focus: Living things grow gradually- First stage as a seed
Previous Knowledge
Students should already know that:
· Living things need water to stay alive.
· Plants are living things.
· All living things grow.
Specific Objectives /Learning outcomes:
At the end of the lesson students will be able to:
- Understand that some plants are grown from seeds.
- Draw the first stage of a plant.
- Recognize the importance of a seed.
Materials/Resources:
Seeds, containers, soil, tissues, an adult plant
Introduction:
Set induction: Teacher brings an adult plant into the classroom showing the students her plant that she grew from a seed.
Introduction: Teacher tells her students that today’s lesson will be about plants, we are going to see how this little seed will grow into a big plant like this.
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Concept/Fact/Skill |
Strategies/Methods |
Questions |
Student activity |
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Engage |
Teacher will carry around the plant and the seed to the students allowing them to look at it carefully. |
Do you believe that this seed could grow into a plant like this?
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Students answer the question. |
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Explore |
Teacher will give each student 4 seeds and 2 containers one with soil and the other with tissue. |
Would you all like to try it for yourself? |
Students answer the question.
Students will actively put 2 seeds in each container. Then water the seed |
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Explain |
Teacher elicits: all living things need water to survive.
Teacher the plants would not grow right away because it takes time.
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Do you know why we watered those seeds?
Do you think the plant will grow right away? |
Students answer |
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Elaborate |
Teacher tells students that her plant did not grow over night, and she waited a while. The plant has stages the first stage is being a seedling. |
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Students will repeat what the teacher said.
Students will draw their seeds in the containers and write in their journals. |
Evaluation:
Teacher will ask students:
- What the lesson is about?
- What are we expecting from that seed?
Closure:
Teacher applaud students and informs them that they must take their plant home and write in their journal every day and take pictures to show the plants progress. Teacher also reminds students that one plant should be in a dark area and another in an area with enough sunlight.
